Most events are free, take place at noon in the conference rooms
at the Library of Virginia, and are open to the public. For details on the events listed below please visit our calendar of events.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America
Dr. Douglas A. Hicks, associate professor of leadership studies and religion in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies and executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond, will discuss and sign his new book....

Monday, January 12, 2009
Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America
Douglas R. Egerton, professor of history at LeMoyne College, will discuss and sign Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America, his lively and comprehensive account of black Americans and the Revolutionary era in America...

Friday, January 16, 2009
Unveiling of Edgar Allan Poe Commemorative Stamp
Please join us for a first-day-of-issue ceremony honoring Edgar Allan Poe. The U.S. Postal Service, in partnership with the Poe Museum, the Library of Virginia, and St. Johnís Church, commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe...

Friday, January 23, 2009The Millionaires
Author Inman Majors, who teaches fiction writing at James Madison University, will talk about and sign his new novel of new money and old manners, crossing The Great Gatsby with the spirit of Tom Wolfe...

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
People of the Book
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks will discuss and sign People of the Book. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity...

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